Minnesota Percent Change in Population 1990—2000

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The state saw its highest population increase (532,000)
in any single decennial headcount in its history. Its growth rate
of more than 12 percent was the highest growth of any Midwest state.
Most of the growth was concentrated in metropolitan areas, which
grew at 15 percent, more than twice as fast as the growth of nonmetro
areas, at 6.7 percent.

However, many fewer counties lost population in the
1990s (25) than in the previous decade (49). The counties that lost
population in the last decade were in the western and southern areas
of the state.